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This lab is based on one from Illowski and Dean Collaborative Statistics. It has been adapted to include the use of minitab.
Given a uniform distribution from 0 to 1, students calculate the mean, median, standard deviation and quartiles.
Students then use minitab to generate data from a uniform distribution from 0 to 1 and the mean, median, standard deviation and quartiles. They then compare the theoretical and experimental results. The next step is to draw both a histogram and box plot as a way to compare the data. The experiment is then repeated with a larger sample size, and these results are compared to the other two.
Student Learning Outcomes:
• The student will compare and contrast empirical data from a random number generator with the Uniform Distribution.

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Mathematics > General

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Grade 11

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Keywords:

statistics Minitab continuous probability distribution

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English

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This lab is based on one from Illowski and Dean Collaborative Statistics. It has been adapted to include the use of minitab.
Given a uniform distribution from 0 to 1, students calculate the mean, median, standard deviation and quartiles.
Students then use minitab to generate data from a uniform distribution from 0 to 1 and the mean, median, standard deviation and quartiles. They then compare the theoretical and experimental results. The next step is to draw both a histogram and box plot as a way to compare the data. The experiment is then repeated with a larger sample size, and these results are compared to the other two.
Student Learning Outcomes:
• The student will compare and contrast empirical data from a random number generator with the Uniform Distribution.